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1955-56

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Final League Tables


      DIVISION ONE
 Pos  Name                            Pld    W    D    L   GF   GA  Pts
   1  Manchester United                42   25   10    7   83   51   60
   2  Blackpool                        42   20    9   13   86   62   49
   3  Wolverhampton Wanderers          42   20    9   13   89   65   49
   4  Manchester City                  42   18   10   14   82   69   46
   5  Arsenal                          42   18   10   14   60   61   46
   6  Birmingham City                  42   18    9   15   75   57   45
   7  Burnley                          42   18    8   16   64   54   44
   8  Bolton Wanderers                 42   18    7   17   71   58   43
   9  Sunderland                       42   17    9   16   80   95   43
  10  Luton Town                       42   17    8   17   66   64   42
  11  Newcastle United                 42   17    7   18   85   70   41
  12  Portsmouth                       42   16    9   17   78   85   41
  13  West Bromwich Albion             42   18    5   19   58   70   41
  14  Charlton Athletic                42   17    6   19   75   81   40
  15  Everton                          42   15   10   17   55   69   40
  16  Chelsea                          42   14   11   17   64   77   39
  17  Cardiff City                     42   15    9   18   55   69   39
  18  Tottenham Hotspur                42   15    7   20   61   71   37
  19  Preston North End                42   14    8   20   73   72   36
  20  Aston Villa                      42   11   13   18   52   69   35
  21  Huddersfield Town                42   14    7   21   54   83   35
  22  Sheffield United                 42   12    9   21   63   77   33

      DIVISION TWO
 Pos  Name                            Pld    W    D    L   GF   GA  Pts
   1  Sheffield Wednesday              42   21   13    8  101   62   55
   2  Leeds United                     42   23    6   13   80   60   52
   3  Liverpool                        42   21    6   15   85   63   48
   4  Blackburn Rovers                 42   21    6   15   84   65   48
   5  Leicester City                   42   21    6   15   94   78   48
   6  Bristol Rovers                   42   21    6   15   84   70   48
   7  Nottingham Forest                42   19    9   14   68   63   47
   8  Lincoln City                     42   18   10   14   79   65   46
   9  Fulham                           42   20    6   16   89   79   46
  10  Swansea Town                     42   20    6   16   83   81   46
  11  Bristol City                     42   19    7   16   80   64   45
  12  Port Vale                        42   16   13   13   60   58   45
  13  Stoke City                       42   20    4   18   71   62   44
  14  Middlesbrough                    42   16    8   18   76   78   40
  15  Bury                             42   16    8   18   86   90   40
  16  West Ham United                  42   14   11   17   74   69   39
  17  Doncaster Rovers                 42   12   11   19   69   96   35
  18  Barnsley                         42   11   12   19   47   84   34
  19  Rotherham United                 42   12    9   21   56   75   33
  20  Notts County                     42   11    9   22   55   82   31
  21  Plymouth Argyle                  42   10    8   24   54   87   28
  22  Hull City                        42   10    6   26   53   97   26

      DIVISION THREE NORTH
 Pos  Name                            Pld    W    D    L   GF   GA  Pts
   1  Grimsby Town                     46   31    6    9   76   29   68
   2  Derby County                     46   28    7   11  110   55   63
   3  Accrington Stanley               46   25    9   12   92   57   59
   4  Hartlepools United               46   26    5   15   81   60   57
   5  Southport                        46   23   11   12   66   53   57
   6  Chesterfield                     46   25    4   17   94   66   54
   7  Stockport County                 46   21    9   16   90   61   51
   8  Bradford City                    46   18   13   15   78   64   49
   9  Scunthorpe & Lindsey United      46   20    8   18   75   63   48
  10  Workington                       46   19    9   18   75   63   47
  11  York City                        46   19    9   18   85   72   47
  12  Rochdale                         46   17   13   16   66   84   47
  13  Gateshead                        46   17   11   18   77   84   45
  14  Wrexham                          46   16   10   20   66   73   42
  15  Darlington                       46   16    9   21   60   73   41
  16  Tranmere Rovers                  46   16    9   21   59   84   41
  17  Chester                          46   13   14   19   52   82   40
  18  Mansfield Town                   46   14   11   21   84   81   39
  19  Halifax Town                     46   14   11   21   66   76   39
  20  Oldham Athletic                  46   10   18   18   76   86   38
  21  Carlisle United                  46   15    8   23   71   95   38
  22  Barrow                           46   12    9   25   61   83   33
  23  Bradford Park Avenue             46   13    7   26   61  122   33
  24  Crewe Alexandra                  46    9   10   27   50  105   28

      DIVISION THREE SOUTH
 Pos  Name                            Pld    W    D    L   GF   GA  Pts
   1  Leyton Orient                    46   29    8    9  106   49   66
   2  Brighton & Hove Albion           46   29    7   10  112   50   65
   3  Ipswich Town                     46   25   14    7  106   60   64
   4  Southend United                  46   21   11   14   88   80   53
   5  Torquay United                   46   20   12   14   86   63   52
   6  Brentford                        46   19   14   13   69   66   52
   7  Norwich City                     46   19   13   14   86   82   51
   8  Coventry City                    46   20    9   17   73   60   49
   9  Bournemouth & Boscombe Athleti   46   19   10   17   63   51   48
  10  Gillingham                       46   19   10   17   69   71   48
  11  Northampton Town                 46   20    7   19   67   71   47
  12  Colchester United                46   18   11   17   76   81   47
  13  Shrewsbury Town                  46   17   12   17   69   66   46
  14  Southampton                      46   18    8   20   91   81   44
  15  Aldershot                        46   12   16   18   70   90   40
  16  Exeter City                      46   15   10   21   58   77   40
  17  Reading                          46   15    9   22   70   79   39
  18  Queens Park Rangers              46   14   11   21   64   86   39
  19  Newport County                   46   15    9   22   58   79   39
  20  Walsall                          46   15    8   23   68   84   38
  21  Watford                          46   13   11   22   52   85   37
  22  Millwall                         46   15    6   25   83  100   36
  23  Crystal Palace                   46   12   10   24   54   83   34
  24  Swindon Town                     46    8   14   24   34   78   30

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